Vol. 4 No. 3 (2025): learning self-care
Articles

Designing Interventions to Promote Self-Care

Barbara Riegel
Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health, New York, NY, USA; School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Tiny Jaarsma
Department of Health, Medicine, and Caring Sciences, Linkoping University Linkoping, Sweden; University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Anna Stromberg
Department of Health, Medicine, and Caring Sciences, Linkoping University Linkoping, Sweden; Department of Cardiology, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden

Published 2025-09-30

Keywords

  • Chronic Disease,
  • Self-Care

Abstract

Abstract not available.

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